beauty sleep

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beauty sleep

A period of regular restful sleep, especially when attained by going to bed early. Also called beauty rest.

[From the belief that such sleep helps preserve an attractive and youthful appearance.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

beauty sleep

informal sleep, esp sleep before midnight

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

beauty sleep

- First defined as sleep taken before midnight, regarded as the most refreshing portion.

beauty sleep

n to get one's beauty sleep (hum) → farsi un sonno ristoratore

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